Butt-cutting machine



May Y3 1927;

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H. F. WALKER BUTT CUTTING'MMHINE Fild nec. 18, 1 925 "a shets-Sheet 2 L Il Il 1 v l N Wauw Patented May 3, 1927.

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'Burri-comme* ivrAcHiiiE ApplicationledDecember18, 1925. Serial No. v

This invention relates to improvements lin butti cutters, particularly to improvements in portable cutters adapted to cut or separatek the butts of rice after being shocked and which becomes essential after a heavy rainfall. v l

A further object of this invention is to provide a portable cutting blade to sever lthe butts of rice or small grain and other adaptable elements such as wheat, rice, maize and the like.

A further object of this invention is to provide a butt cutting machine. that may be easily connected with a suitable source of power which may be supplied by the coni veyance in the nature of a Vehicle and transmitted to the cutting machine by means of a chain band and sprocket wheel or otherwise. f

Further objects of this invention will appear from the following detailed descrip,- tion of the machine and as disclosed in the two sheets of drawings herewith' made a part of this application:

Inl the drawing,

Fig. 1 illustrates a Vertical rear elevational vView of the butt cutting apparatus in assembled form as detach-ed from the 'conveying vehicle. g

Fig. 2 represents a top view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 illustrates an end view of Fig-z 1.

Numeral 1 designates a frame made of tubing or iron bars of suitable shape adapt-` bar 6 of suitable size and shape and to which the frame 1 maybe attached by'an adjustable connecting plate 7 by meansv of bolts 8 and holes 9, which will permit the raising or lowering of the machine independent of the conveying vehicle.

The sourceof power from which the cutting apparatus may be operated, is prefer- .ably either supplied by, or carried on the conveying vehicle, the power being transmitted therefrom to the apparatus by means of a chain band attached to a sprocket wheel 10 which is mounted on a driving shaft 11 by suitable adjustable bearings 12, the conthe work of 10 or 15 men.

necting bars Gand the adjustable-bearing 12being adjustably connected tothe platesv 7, thereby Vpermittiiig`the7entire end ofthe butt cutting machine to be raised or lowered as a unit without further adjustment,veX- cept through the holes 9 inthe connecting plate 7 and the bolts 8 extending therethrough. f f

The shaft 11 is adapted to be suitably keyed to a drive wheel or pulley 13,v on the face of which revolves an endless band saw 111 orany other suitable cutting blade, which is. supported at the opposite or outer end of the apparatus by means of an adi justable wheel or pulley 15, which ismounted on a shaft 16, and rotates inv an adjustable bearing 17, which may. be adjusted for horizontal motion by a suitable screw 18,1 and for lateral movements or `motions by means of an adjustable rod 19'vwliich would" kfunction to bring the vpulley 15 in exact alignment with pulley 13, during the oper-1 ation of the band saw. or endless cuttery at the eXtreme lower end ofthe frame 1. .y The guiding or saw guide 2O and the pulley 13, arevprotected by. Imeans of a shoe or .fender 22 yattached to the apparatus framework by means of braces 23 and r24:V together with the casting element 21.

The fender 22 isadapted to `prevent materials from coming in direct vcontact .with thepulley 13.v The outer end of the cutting machine may be adjustably supported by a wheel 25 attached to the frame i so the entrance ofstraw,A wheat, grass or.. other l 1 by means of slotted draft bars 26 and 27, thereby permitting the apparatus to be raised wor lowered at the option 'of theoperator by means o-f the slotted drive bars 26y and 27 which is furtherassisted -by a suitj able lever 28.

In operation, this invention provides a` butty cutting machine that will. accomplish method of removingthe butts ofriceafter having been shocked,v is toghavey laborers tear down the shocks of `rice and with broad i axes cut off the butts and re-shockthe rice. Ihis method is not only slow but exceedingly expensive, while the cutting apparatus as described and claimed in'this invention,

The. present i will cut through a .shoclr of rice or other essary for theoperation of the machine mayv be supplied in any suitable manner, either from a source external of the machine or from a Source directly attached or in combination with the machine itself.

What I claim is: y

Y. In a' butt cutting machine, a ldriving,-

pulley and follower, an endles cutting blade mounted ony the pulleyv and follower, and y means onsecuring horizontal' and lateral adjustment for the cutting blade, consistingv of an adjustable bearing onthe follower, and an adjustment rod extending from the pulley to a suitable element on the machine, whereby the driving pulley and follower may be brought rinto alignment.`

In testimony whereof Iafiixmy signature.

HOMER l?. WALKER 

